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Location:

South Weber,UT,

Member Since:

May 09, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:

800 Meters 1:50.14 (Track-BYU)

1500 Meters 3:42.07 (Track-Stanford) Likely the best race of my life; converts to a 3:59.85 Mile

5000 Meters 14:20 (Track-Stanford)

8000 Meters 23:53 (Cross Country-Pre Nationals Iowa)

10000 Meters 29:57 (Track-Stanford)

Half Marathon (Mesa-Phoenix Half) 1:05:11

Marathon (St George) 2:16:09

Short-Term Running Goals:

2017 Races:

Mesa-Phoenix Half - 3rd Place 1:05:11 PR

Ogden WRC 10-Miler - 1st Place 55:46

Provo City Half - 1st Place 1:06:33

Ogden Marathon - 2nd Place 2:25:46

Long-Term Running Goals:

My main goal is just to stay healthy.  I was injured every year in my college career except for one.  I would like to reverse that trend and always stay injury-free.

 

Personal:

I am a family man.  I am married to my beautiful wife Amy (who also ran at Weber and is quite the runner).  We have four beautiful daughters named Evelyn (6 years old), Hannah (4 year old), Nora (2 year old), and Iris (5 months).

Twitter handle: @RunnerRiley7

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
62.050.0013.100.0075.15
Brooks Adrenaline 17 Miles: 9.40Brooks Transcend 4 Miles: 22.70Brooks Ravenna 8 Miles: 16.55Brooks PureCadence 6 Miles: 11.20Brooks Launch 4 Miles: 2.20Brooks Hyperion Miles: 13.10
Weight: 152.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

AM: 12.6 miles on Monroe your boat with Dave, Ben, Jared, Matt, and Tim, avg pace 7:13/mile.

PM: 5.4 miles around South Weber with some laps at Central Park on the grass, avg pace 7:10/mile. Lower left calf/achilles flared up on the run a bit.

Brooks Adrenaline 17 Miles: 5.40Brooks Transcend 4 Miles: 12.60
Weight: 151.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.550.000.000.008.55

AM: 30 minutes walking on the treadmill at 9% incline, because my calf was too sore to run on.

PM: 8.55 miles easy with Dave on the Centennial Trail into Riverdale and back from Uintah trailhead, avg pace 6:55/mile. Amy massaged my calf and I took some ibuprofen and it felt better this afternoon.

Brooks Ravenna 8 Miles: 8.55
Weight: 151.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.200.000.000.0015.20

AM: 11.2 miles easy with Dave, Ben, and Jared on Rail, Layton Parkway, Bambergery, Canal run, avg pace 7:11/mile.

PM: 4 miles on the tready, avg pace 7:41/mile.

Brooks Adrenaline 17 Miles: 4.00Brooks PureCadence 6 Miles: 11.20
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.100.000.000.0010.10

10.1 miles easy with Ben, Dave, and Jared, avg pace 7:25/mile. We ran in South Ogden along Combe and some laps down in Nature Park.

Brooks Transcend 4 Miles: 10.10
Weight: 151.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles easy from Smith's through stadium to Gibs and out onto the canal trail and back, with Ben, Dave, Jason, Tim, and Matt, avg pace 7:57/mile.

Brooks Ravenna 8 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 153.00
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Race: Provo City Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:06:34, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.200.0013.100.0015.30

PROVO CITY HALF MARATHON

I got up early and headed down to Provo to run the race. On my warm up my left, lower calf/achilles flared up again and really hurt coming downhill on the warmup. It hurt enough that I stopped and walked. I was very worried I wouldn't be able to race. I sat on a rock and worked/massaged the calf for about ten minutes, and then walked down and changed my shoes and dropped my bag off. Once the race started, I felt no pain at all. So, I guess I just need to really focus on keeping the muscles loose to avoid the pain I've been having this week.

The race was pretty uneventful. I was out in front and Justin Park just behind me. It stayed that way for both of us throughout the race. It was good to see Justin, he's a good man and a great runner.

I went quite easy/conservative the first two steep downhill miles and then got to work. I was probably too fast on miles 3-8, and slowed down quite a bit the last five miles as a result. I won the race in 1:06:34, the joy of winning still somewhat swallowed up in last week's failure.

After the race my stomach was killing me! I felt really sick, which I did not feel at all during the race. I felt too sick to cool down. This lasted for about five hours after the race! Not fun.

Splits: 5:04, 4:59, 5:03, 4:56, 4:50, 4:57, 5:10, 4:58, 5:09, 5:10, 5:21, 5:16, 5:19 and 4:56 pace for last bit.

Brooks Launch 4 Miles: 2.20Brooks Hyperion Miles: 13.10
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
62.050.0013.100.0075.15
Brooks Adrenaline 17 Miles: 9.40Brooks Transcend 4 Miles: 22.70Brooks Ravenna 8 Miles: 16.55Brooks PureCadence 6 Miles: 11.20Brooks Launch 4 Miles: 2.20Brooks Hyperion Miles: 13.10
Weight: 152.10
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